16th September 2014 By Tom O’Sullivan tom@TheCork.ie Bills for household water will start arriving in the first quarter of next year, and a Cork City Councillor is warning they will be “far higher” than Irish Water estimates indicate. Cllr Mick Barry from the Anti Austerity Alliance is accusing Irish Water of deliberately UNDERestimating the number […]

15th September 2014, 7am By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie Around 300 residents of a direction provision centre for asylum seekers in Cork have this morning mounted a protest on the Airport Hill. They are unhappy with how the system of direction provision works. Residents at the Kinsale Road Reception and Accommodation Centre began the picket at […]

15th September 2014, 1pm By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie More than 40 refugees and asylum seekers are continuing to blockade the entrance of their accommodation in Cork by standing outside Protest by residents of Kinsale Rd (Airport Hill) Direct Provision centre #cork residents unhappy with conditions pic.twitter.com/KqxwGQ25zH — David O'Sullivan (@David_OSullivan) September 15, 2014 The Kinsale […]

11th September 2014, 4pm By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie The Fine Gael think-in may be about National and International issues, but every year it takes place in a different County which adds it’s own flavour. One Cork TD used the opportunity today in his opening address to openly ask the Transport Minister if Cobh could have […]

10th September 2014, 3pm By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie The first blockade to stop the installation of water meters on the Northside of Cork City continues. It’s close to Mayfield in the Barnavanra Crescent Housing Estate. (Technically the area is within the Cork County COuncil area but it borders the City Council area. Interestingly installation of […]

10th September 2014, 9.30am By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie “Cork City AND County Councils need to have more of an input into how Cork Airport is run.” That’s the view of a growing number of elected Councillors from across Cork. There’s growing concern about the decline of Cork Airport in recent months, following the loss of […]

9th September 2014 By David O’Sullivan david@TheCork.ie Cork City Councillors have agreed to name a walkway to after a famous Cork sportsman. Noel Cantwell was a Cricket and Soccer International: who played for Cork Athletic, West Ham, and Manchester United. He passed away in 2005 aged 73. A native of the Mardyke in Cork City […]

9th September 2014 By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The new head of Cork City Council has attended her first full public Council meeting. Ann Doherty is the new “chief executive” of the council, a role previously referred to as “City Manager”, she is the first woman to hold the office in the history of the council. […]

31st August 2014 By David O’Sullivan http://twitter.com/david_osullivan There are calls to stop the sale of spray paint cans to people under 18 in Cork City. It’s after the new stage Fitzgerald’s Park was defaced with Graffiti. The white canopy was installed during the revamp of Fitzgerald’s Park which was judicially opened just 3 months ago, […]

28th August 2014, Thursday 6pm By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie The so-called Bottlehill “Superdump” in County Cork might open sooner than many anticipated. In recent days protests on the Northside of Cork City at the Country Clean waste facility escalated. However management of Country clean have now entered into “constructive dialogue” with the protest group. The […]